我国科幻电影的时间想象

The Time Imagination of China’s Science Fiction Films

人的物质生命在线性时间中度过,但想象力却使人的精神生命超越了线性时间的制约。我国科幻电影所构思的时间循环、时间旅行、时间分岔都是空间化想象的产物。时间循环包括本原性、衍生性两类。人类无从改变前者,只能探索它的运动规律。人类可以超越后者,从而彰显善良人性的价值。时间旅行为自我的运动争取到空前的自由,同时也使人生的轨迹丧失了清晰的定位。就此而言,时间旅行的体验丰富了人生,时间旅行的悖论意味着人生难托。时间分岔为历史发展、世界交互、生命演变增添了无穷可能性,进而使人情、人心、人性受到不同于现实生活的考验,因此具备特殊的认识价值。

Human’s material life is spent in linear time,but imagination makes human’s spiritual life go beyond the constraints of linear time.The time cycle,time travel,and time bifurcation conceived by China’s science fiction films are all products of spatial imagination.The time cycle includes two types:primitive and derivative.Human beings cannot change the former,they can only explore its movement laws.Human beings cannot change the former,but can surpass the latter,thus showing the value of kindness and humanity.Time travel strives for unprecedented freedom for the movement of the self,and at the same time also makes the trajectory of life lose its clear positioning.In this regard,the experience of time travel enriches life,and the paradox of time travel means that life is difficult to support.The bifurcation of time adds endless possibilities to historical development,world interaction,and evolution of life,which in turn puts human feelings,hearts,and humanity to the the test which is different from the real life,so it has special cognitive value.